Over 63 million East Africans experienced severe hunger in 2024 and 40% lack access to safe drinking water. East African countries collectively contribute a tiny 0.09% of the global carbon emissions but are some of the worst-hit by the global...
Easy Environmental Solutions Inc. announces that the client sent the initial deposit and agreed to the $3.4 million modular EasyFEN order for Africa. EasyFEN units produce organic Terreplenish liquid microbial fertilizer, transforming waste into a...
(MENAFN) The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) announced on Tuesday that its forces had been safely withdrawn from a military base northeast of Mogadishu due to intense flooding in the region. During the Monday...
WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, May 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Himba Fragrances, a bold new voice in sustainable luxury, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund its debut unisex fragrance line—Myrrh Omumbiri—an evocative scent that blends...
(MENAFN) Fresh torrential rains have struck Somalia, this time hitting the Banadir region northeast of Mogadishu, resulting in the tragic deaths of nine individuals and causing destructive flooding that has impacted 24,000 people, according to the...
Somalia is widely viewed as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. In 2022 and 2023, the nation suffered through its worst drought in 40 years. In 2024, it was hit by once-in-a-century floods. Those crises displaced 2.6 million...
Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama led the high-level delegation in Geneva. Several government officials from a wide range of ministries and agencies joined virtually from Mogadishu. Mr Jama said that Somalia's first Working Party...
PALMWOODS, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, September 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As natural disasters claim lives at an accelerating pace, the team behind Project Rescue – a blockchain-powered humanitarian funding platform – has issued an urgent global...
Humanitarian crises are escalating, and governments around the world are increasingly overwhelmed and under-resourced. BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, September 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As natural disasters claim lives at an accelerating...
(MENAFN) Policymakers, migration specialists, and regional stakeholders gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday to discuss sustainable strategies to address the underlying causes of displacement and migration in the Horn of Africa. The Annual...
The Horn of Africa is forecast to experience drier-than-usual conditions from October to December, the Climate Prediction and Applications Centre of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, said on Thursday....
IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Somalia and Saudi Arabia have entered a partnership to regulate and advance AI and space technologies. 📚 The agreement emphasizes knowledge exchange and capacity building to foster innovation and growth. 🌐 Both nations aim to...
NAIROBI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Horn of Africa is forecast to experience drier-than-usual conditions from October to December, the Climate Prediction and Applications Center of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East...
Introduction Visceral leishmaniasis also known as kala-azar, is a parasitic disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania donavani complex, which includes Leishmania donavani and Leishmania infantum.1,2 It is transmitted to humans through the...
By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent The seven-month prison sentence for David Kwodow Prah Afful, a Ghanaian TikToker who threatened to kill the President and other officials, isn’t just a local story. It reflects a mounting...
Mogadishu, Sept 16, 2025 – Somalia’s Minister of Defence, H.E. Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, held a high-level meeting on Tuesday with the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Somalia, H.E. Alper Aktaş, to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation in...
Somalia collapsed in 1991, its economy and state structures destroyed by dictator Siad Barre, a man with no legitimacy beyond his clan but who had for decades grifted first off Moscow and then Washington. He fled first to Kenya and then Nigeria,...
In a landmark move to address one of the most persistent threats to its security, Somalia has launched its first-ever National Counter-IED Strategy, praised by the United Nations as an “important step forward” in the fight against improvised...
A young girl carries a jerrycan of water back home after fetching it from a flooded area in Ntoroko District. The district suffers periodic flooding events. COURTESY PHOTO/UNICEF-UGANDA. World Bank report says climate shocks could cut GDP growth...
Somalia stands on the front lines of a growing, multilayered climate crisis. With each passing season, droughts stretch longer, floods grow fiercer and the land becomes increasingly degraded by advancing desertification. Climate change and...
